How to Receive Revelation | Bruce R. McConkie: Tune Into the Spirit (LDS Classic)

Send us Fan MailHow do we receive personal revelation from God? In this LDS (Latter-day Saint) episode, Tia Smith shares one of her favorite talks — Elder Bruce R. McConkie's classic 1971 general conference address "The Lord's People Receive Revelation" — and connects its famous teaching to spirit-to-spirit communication and the gathering of Israel.In the talk, Elder McConkie — then a member of the First Council of the Seventy — uses an unforgettable metaphor: just as a tabernacle is already full of radio and television signals we cannot hear or see until we tune a receiver to the right wave band, the revelations and visions of eternity are around us all the time, broadcast by the Holy Ghost — but we perceive them only when we tune our souls to that wavelength. He teaches that true religion is revealed religion, that it must be felt and experienced rather than merely reasoned about or studied, and that receiving revelation is the privilege and right of every member of the Church through the gift of the Holy Ghost. He points to Nephi's counsel to his brothers — that they had not received answers because they had not asked in faith — and bears powerful personal witness that he speaks of these things because he himself has received revelation.Tia frames the talk for her channel's theme: if we can understand the "wavelength" the Holy Ghost broadcasts on — the same medium through which spirit-to-spirit communication occurs — we can learn to receive revelation and thinning of the veil experiences on behalf of our ancestors and our families. The more we understand how the Spirit speaks, she teaches, the more readily these communications come, especially as we labor in the gathering of Israel on both sides of the veil.Q: How do we receive personal revelation, according to Bruce R. McConkie?A: In his 1971 talk "The Lord's People Receive Revelation," Elder McConkie taught that revelation is broadcast by the Holy Ghost around us all the time, and we receive it when we "tune" our souls to that spiritual wavelength — through faith, worthiness, and asking. He emphasized that true religion is revealed religion: it must be experienced through the Spirit, not merely studied or reasoned out.Q: Is receiving revelation only for prophets and apostles?A: No. This episode teaches, with Elder McConkie, that receiving revelation is the privilege and right of every member of the Church through the gift of the Holy Ghost, received at confirmation and enjoyed on the basis of personal worthiness. Tia Smith stresses this in response to those who assume revelatory experiences are reserved for Church leaders alone.Q: How does this connect to spirit-to-spirit communication and the gathering?A: Tia Smith links McConkie's "wavelength" metaphor to spirit-to-spirit communication: the Holy Ghost is the medium through which both personal revelation and messages from beyond the veil come. As we learn to recognize how the Spirit speaks, she teaches, we become more able to receive guidance on behalf of our ancestors and to labor effectively in the gathering of Israel.▶️ WATCH & LISTEN🎬 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thinningoftheveil🌐 Website: https://www.thinningoftheveil.com🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thinning-of-the-veil/id1753511394🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6jWCfMHkZXwnSwy2b98J4M🎵 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a0a45561-d4c2-46d3-af8d-a1e967a21a25📖 BOOKPatterns of Revelation — Spiritual Foundations for Hearing God's Voice: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BW36MG9B📱 CONNECTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinning.of.the.veilFacebook Group (Gathering of the Gatherers): https://www.facebook.com/groups/1429562078443774Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/thinningoftheveil💛 SUPPORT THE SHOWVenmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/thinningoftheveilPayPal: https://paypal.me/thinningoftheveil✉️ Have you had a thinning of the veil experience? Email [email protected] — your testimony may be exactly what someone needs to hear.#ThinningOfTheVeil #SpiritWorld #TempleWork #FamilyHistory #LDS #LatterDaySaints #GatheringOfIsrael #MinisteringAngels #FamilySearch #PersonalRevelationCITATIONS:Bruce R. McConkie, "The Lord's People Receive Revelation", April 1971: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1971/04/the-lords-people-receive-revelation?lang=engSupport the show